Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-01-01
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC
NEW OPERA By THE AUTHOR OF "FATINrTzA"-
"sTEvE" BRoDH AS A sfAR-NNE. JAxIsH GOES
OUT AGAEN-BARRETrs SUCCESS WITH "RIRNz1r-
BRIGHAM YoUNG's SEVEN DAUGHTERS.

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"srEvE" BRoDIE AS sTAR-NHE. JASIsH GOES
OUT AGAN-BARRETr's SUCCESS WITH "RrRNur-
BRIGHAM Y0UNG's SEVEN DAUGHTERS.
1t is said Lolita win pay David Belasco and
Clay Greene 5000 to write a new play for her
next season.
-Suppe's new comic opera, "The Gascon,r met
with an enthusiastic reception at its recent pro-
duction at Brunn, and the composer was presented
With laurel wreath.
the score OF grand opera founded on Schiller's
"Mary stuart"
The prices of seats for the first nights OF
Verdi's 'Otello," soon to be brought out at La
Scala, Milan have been run up to fabulous heights
velul hiInsen superlntends the preparations for
the production OF the new opera.
Mime. Nevada Palmer has gone with her
blessed baby TO Italy TO pass the winter. She and
Marie van Zandt sang together in an English
church In Paris recently.
-"Steve" Brodie, the man who jumped from the
Brooklyn bridge, and lately made his dramatic
debut as give property doing the leap in
"Blackmail,- has now blossomed out as a star. His
play Is called Dangers Hero" and he appears In
the low-prtced houses.
1t is said the New York fgurantes are having
hard time OF 1t this winter as there is not snec-
tacle of any kind running In that city.
james O'Nein has really added "Hamletp to
his repertory, and will alternate it with '.Monte
CristO."
Helen Hastings, another English actress am
bilious to try her fortunes In America has rented
the New York Union Square theater for two weeks,
and will appear there January IL. Miss Hastings
Is said TO be very pretty.
1t Is said that "RienZ'' has been drawing an
average OF 81 800 night for Mr.. Lawrence Bar
rett since its first production in washington.
Edmund Collier will revive Edwin Forests
tragedy OF 'sMetanOra" at the PEOPLES theater
New York, on Monday night.
Edwin Booth will spend New Years week In
Philadelphia, playing at the Chestnut Street
Opera House.
The new melodrama, "a Noble vagabond. - BY
Henry Arthur Jones, author OF ''Fhe Silver King I"
although possessing no originality Of plot is said
TO have caugh the London public. George Barrett,
a brother OF Wilson, Is particularly strong in q
low comedy part.
European music IS now fashionable at the
japanese court. The first European concert ever
given In the palace took place recently at Toxic.
The emperor, empress and court officials were at
treu In european costumes.
One OF the most successful engagements
played In New Orleans this season was that of Mrs.
ID. p. Bowers, who for two weeks filled the Acad-
envy OF Music with fine audiences.
Miss Eleanor Calhoun has had written for her
new play founded on the life of Charlotte Corday.
IL VIII soon be produced in London.
- Some one has again started the report that
Louis James and Marie Wainwright were about to
Without foundation.
Il Robert Downing and his manager, Joseph
Mack, were banQueted at Delmonico'S, New York,
oy party OF Wall street friends on Monday night.
- The New York Mirror has entered upon its
seventeenth volume. The large Christmas num-
Der OF this excellent dramatic paper was full Of
good things.
At performance Of Tangled Lives" at the
Fifth Avenue theater, New York. one night last
week, seven daughters Of the late Brigham Young
occupied box. They had seen Robert Mantell in
FEDORA" at Salt Lake City, liked him, and being
In New YORK went to see him again.
Mr.. Henry E. Abbey is again spreading out in
many ways. He is to become the manager OF a
new theater to be erected On the Public library
site in Boston and he is negotiating for long lease
OF the New DIRK Academy OF music. IL he gets
control OF the latter place he will it COM
Dlnatlon house. renting 1t to big attractions.
-Goldmarks new opera, "Merlin," will be pro-
duced at the Metropolitan Opera House, New
York, on Monday evening for the first time In this
country. 1t has just been presented in Vienna
man tenor, who created such rurOre during the
first season at the Metropolitan Opera House. has
been re-engaged by Director Stanton, and will re-
appear the last week in January.
Theodore Thomas is said to have conflded to a
friend the Information recently acquired by him.
that II is easier 10 manage first class orchestra
or hundred men than one SecOnd-claSS prtlna
donna.